{"id":31576,"date":"2012-08-28T17:34:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T17:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=31576"},"modified":"2012-08-28T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T17:34:46","slug":"ballymena-rugby-club-news-rugby-club-coach-aims-to-build-on-last-season-chairman-backs-rugby-club-to-thrive-in-tough-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/ballymena-rugby-club-news-rugby-club-coach-aims-to-build-on-last-season-chairman-backs-rugby-club-to-thrive-in-tough-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballymena Rugby Club News: Rugby Club coach aims to build on last season &#038; Chairman backs Rugby Club to thrive in tough times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DESPITE an Ulster Senior Cup win and runners-up spot in the All-Ireland Bateman Cup, Ballymena Rugby Club head coach John Andrews still feels a tinge of regret when he reflects on last season.<\/p>\n<p>The main source of angst was the Braidmen\u2019s dip in form in the second half of the season, which put paid to hopes of back-to-back promotions in the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League. CLICK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballymenatimes.com\/sport\/other-local-sport\/rugby-club-coach-aims-to-build-on-last-season-1-4182651\">HERE<\/a> FOR THE FULL STORY<\/p>\n<p>NEW Ballymena Rugby Club chairman Tom Loughridge believes the club\u2019s spirit will help it through the current economic climate.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from a background of a career spent in finance, the new incumbent knows all too well the importance of looking after the pennies&#8230;. for the full story CLICK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballymenatimes.com\/sport\/other-local-sport\/chairman-backs-rugby-club-to-thrive-in-tough-times-1-4173458\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DESPITE an Ulster Senior Cup win and runners-up spot in the All-Ireland Bateman Cup, Ballymena Rugby Club head coach John Andrews still feels a tinge of regret when he reflects on last season. The main source of angst was the Braidmen\u2019s dip in form in the second half of the season, which put paid to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[17197,4719,3959],"class_list":["post-31576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ballymena","tag-ballymena","tag-club","tag-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31583,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31576\/revisions\/31583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}